While speculation around the 2nd name change surrounded a possible backlash at the "Flight Deck" name, the real reasoning for the last two name changes are unknown. What can be said is that the backlash continues, with added fuel as some preferred the "Afterburn" name.

Check back with ThrillNetwork as we work to bring you updates regarding Top Gun's apparent identity crisis.

UPDATE: Thrillnetwork Editor Kyle L got in touch with Jim Stellmack, Marketing Manager of California's Great America, to see if he could offer a concrete answer to the name game dilemma that Cedar Fair is facing.

Jim understood the confusion surrounding the renaming of Top Gun, but told reporter Kyle L that the park had chosen to stick with "Flight Deck" from day one. The Flight Deck/Afterburn confusion is a result of other parks trying to decide what to name their coasters previously named "Top Gun".

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